Cleanup continues at NY/NJ marine terminals

Thursday, November 01, 2012

While the ports of Philadelphia, Baltimore and Norfolk said operations were returning to normal following Hurricane Sandy, it appeared many facilities in the Port of New York and New Jersey will be closed at least through the weekend because of damage. Some shipping lines announced that vessels were modifying itineraries, skipping calls, or discharging New York cargo in other ports because of the hurricane. For example, Maersk posted an update on its Website , and among other things said the ship of a vessel partner, APL Indonesia , was discharging cargo in Norfolk Wednesday that would be railed to Newark. Zim said one of its ships, Zim Constanza, will discharge cargo bound for New York in Haliifax for temporary storage t...